On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 12:59, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> Autodesk uses an "oneback" document compatibility strategy like
> Microsoft. I call this one of the two drivers of "Hostageware."
> Bentley Systems has always maintained document compatibility better than
> Autodesk in their products. But is Microstation less popular than
> AutoCAD
Didn't finish a thought there, what you're saying is that Pro/E is less
popular than AutoCAD because it is different and not "general purpose."
Well, Microstation is a similar approach than AutoCAD. Why is it not as
popular then? It has nothing to do with "general purpose."
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